There’s a lot of issues that should be resolved over the next day or so, though some of them will be today.

The SFA will submit to UEFA the list of clubs that they have approved for a European licence. That means that they have done their bit and reckon everyone is playing by the rules.

Or will they hand it back to UEFA, and ask them to sort it ?

This is the first real test of Ian Maxwell, who has replaced Stewart Regan as the face of Scottish football.

In fact, all he has to do to earn a little bit of respect and hand the file to UEFA and ask them for a little clarification…

Then there’s those poor chaps who signed for “rangers ” when Ibrox was a tax haven. They have until today to respond to HMRCs request to sort things out.

Not one of them has gone to the papers, interestingly enough, to tell us how they were duped, and to point out that there were letters from the club which meant they didn’t have to worry about it. Or, indeed, from the company that owned the original club, which would surely help to clarify this same club myth.

We may be about to see the whole story start to fall apart.

If Hector was at my door demanding thousands of pounds, I’m quite sure I’d be looking for a buyer for my story.

Or a book deal.

Then there’s the Takeover Panel, who by now will have realised that Dave King has absolutely no intention of opening a bank account to deposit that £11m into, although he’d be hard pushed to find a bank that would let him.

All this the day before Stevie Gerrard moves into his office to herald a brave new era… an era that may well start with litigation against King from those he has upset at Celtic with his frantic claims of skullduggery in the Scottish game.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Brendan Rodgers has been playing down our hopes of European success for next season, a traditional offering ahead of the qualifiers these days..

“A lot of great work has been done here but there’s still a long way to go to be anywhere near competitive at that level – and that’s the real world of football.

“Even the Europa League is like a Champions League Two now when you look at the teams, resources and everything in that.

“That isn’t to quash any hope but I am here to try to fight and keep the club moving. But it has to be step-by-step. We are in a real exciting period at the club.

“There are a lot of things that we need to develop and improve and unfortunately that won’t happen overnight as Celtic don’t have those resources. It will be something that is a year-on-year improvement.”

I’m happy with that, as long as we keep progressing, and whilst it may not seem like it, holding onto and improving players is progression as well as spending big bucks on big names.

More so, in fact, as the team grows and learns together.

For us, the Europa League was the most realistic target to get. It was always going to be difficult but we did it.

“Everyone will say it doesn’t matter how you get there but, of course, we wanted to do it in the best way we possibly could.”

“We didn’t achieve all of our goals but certainly we achieved our main ones, in terms of qualification for the Champions League. That was a good focus for us at the start of the season.

“We had a fantastic season in terms of winning the trophies, but there’s no doubt the effects of last season meant there were some moments when we didn’t defend well enough or run hard enough; not every player, but some players.

That was noticed, and will be worked on.

Something else we hear that the manager has noticed is the unusually long injury list this season, and training methods are being looked into as a possible cause. We’ll try to find out a little more about that.

What the manager is saying, and admitting , is that there is room for improvement.

We didn’t press the game as well as we wanted. We were able to find a way to get through the games when it didn’t happen – but it won’t happen next year. We know we need to play at a greater intensity more often.

“We’ve done it in big games, and we’ve done it in a lot of games, but there were certain others we could have been better in.

“I understand we have a lot of fixtures. This season we played 61 competitive matches and that’s excluding friendlies and internationals.

“It’s a hell of a lot of games but, at the same time, I will need to push the team ever harder against in order to get more points and to score more goals.”

Its great to see him accepting responsibility and addressing the issues.

You could say he is telling us…

We keep hearing that the bulk of our transfer business -incoming , at least-will be tied up shortly.

Caption…. Clarky’s in a huff because Jinky’s fucked off with the carry out Boss.

Rangers* and the new Clumpany are giving me so many laughs that my tear ducts have chucked it. Cluster fuck doesn’t even begin to describe all this. Gerrard must be thick or has been sold a banger by Walter Mitty.

Does anyone think that BR might have a swatch at players during the World Cup?

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2 years ago

Bognorbhoy

Caption..

Aye boss the wallpaper we were looking at matched your tie perfectly….

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2 years ago

Daziekanowski's nightclub child

Caption ‘Billy, see that shadow over there, they’re gonna be cold in it!’

Common Celtic right after they make their big announcement tomorrow,
make your own big announcement of new signings and take the greed right out of them.
There’s only one team in Europe, one team in Europe, one team in Europe and that is Glasgow Celtic.

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2 years ago

jimmybee

Caption shows the spirit of John Clark wonderfully. Quiet unassuming but watching every fuckin thing thats happening and ready to deal with danger at anytime.
Why there isnt a csc in his name is beyond me.
Wonderful person and a true legend of the club.
Hail Hail to the Lions,Kings of Europe.

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2 years ago

Mike

And would you Adam and Eve, (believe) it some dafty canny even get his name right. John Clark, Mea Culpa.
The “Brush” (he didny like “Luggy”) Clarky seven decades at Celtic our
Lisbon Lion hero, 3 champions medals, 3 Scottish cup medals, 4 League cup medals a true Celtic legend.
John Clark who reflects everything good about Celtic!

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2 years ago

Gerry

Caption:
We’re fuckin magic ain’t we?!

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2 years ago

Cortes

Caption: Lisbon meant nothing to Jock Stein as he scooped the Most Ludicrous Tie in the Room Award for 1974.

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2 years ago

Monti

Good morning fellow Fenians, from a fog covered St.Andrews…..
Think the Chinese tourists will feel at home in this fog.

🙂

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2 years ago

Weered

Monti… you could sing The Foggy Dew to them origarchs

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2 years ago

Charlie Saiz

Caption
I must admit I was surprised tae get an invite into the Ibrox Trophy room Gaffer?
If you strip back the tainted Titles and smell of Protestant Superiority there’s no much tae look at really is there?

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2 years ago

portpower

“The quality of being too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.”

O`Bhoy.

sevco insignificance riparian FC.

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2 years ago

jimmybee

Just thinking if Dave knows that one of his directors works with Celtic.
Parks buses now hows that for a conflict of interest. He also has shares in Hamilton does Mr Park and of course they signed Mr Doherty from there for a much reduced asking price.
They also had a million pound internet banking scam hit them,bit strange eh you know anything about this Mr King after all you have previous!

Dave Cunningham King, is Britain’s noisiest bird, sending out love-songs to his pals and F.O. messages to his rivals, is he a blue-tit, or is he a parrot.
Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
Ello, misd,
“What do you mean miss”. “were closing for lunch”.
Never mind that.. my lad, I wish to complain about my club, wot I purchased some time back.
“Oh yes the Blue Club, what’s wrong with it”?
I’ll tell you wots wrong with it… its dead.
“No never, surely your club couldn’t possibly be dead, its just resting.
Look ya half-wit, its fucking dead, deed, gone fucked aff.

RT @YourWullie Celtic's Jimmy Johnstone celebrates with his team-mates after scoring their first goal against Dukla Prague during the European Cup Semi-Final 1st leg at Celtic Park in Glasgow on 12th April 1967.
Celtic won 3-1.
Photo by Paul Popper pic.twitter.com/bhGPdZzDhm

RT @MrChuckD I do think this society needs to re-examine USA police brutality issues AND cases as far as 25 yrs back like some folk go after Nazi war criminals . Some have gotten away Scot free and inquiring movements should KNOW their current status occupations and thoughts to go Forward... pic.twitter.com/JvwnIed9bQ